Buckner (Arizona) has played for the Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hawkins (Southern) was on the Cardinals' practice squad, while Sims (Tennessee-Martin) went to training camp with the Patriots.

Former Ravens fourth-round strong safety Christian Thompson, who was released after serving his four-game suspension for violating the NFL substance-abuse policy, tried out for the Cincinnati Bengals. He wasn't signed, though.